General Knowledge Questions Oun weekly prize of one guinea for
the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Edith I. Wathen, Welwyn Rectory, Hertfordshire, for the following :- Questions on Hagiology 1. What poet analyses autobiographically the position of a certain Saint ? Name the poem.
2. Which Saint is thus described, " 0 thou undaunted daughter of desires "-and by whom ?
3. What town was delivered by a Saint from the depredations of a wolf ?
4. Who was told that he had borne more than the world on his shoulders ? , 5. Who was called " the holy athlete " (translation), and by whom ?
6. Why are churches dedicated to St. Botolph found on the outskirts of towns ?
7. Which Saint is represented with three balls, and why ? S. Who proved an indigestible morsel for a monster ? 9. What great Abbey was founded near London by a King's son ? Name the King and his son.
10. Who persuaded a Pontiff to move house ?
11. Who annoyed his fellow-practitioners by working without fees ?
12. Who protected an animal from its pursuers ? 13. What was the full name of the Saint whom we connect with the Midland Railway, and how did he die
Answers will be found on page ix.
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